How to win lane as Master Yi against Nautilus · 49.93% win rate (765 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Master Yi's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Nautilus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nautilus | Nautilus's level-1 root passive and shielded trades punish Yi hard out of the gate. |
| Level 2 | Nautilus | Dredge Line plus Staggering Blow can chain-CC and burst you before you reach a scaling window. |
| Level 3 | Nautilus | Titan's Wrath (W) shield plus his root keep level-3 trades his. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By levels 4-5 it's skill-based: dodging Dredge Line with Alpha Strike neutralizes his whole threat. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Depth Charge interrupts your combos, keeping the fight even until you out-scale. |
| First item | Master Yi | Your first item lets you out-DPS his tank frame and dodge his telegraphed hook. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Highlander and true damage let you kill through Titan's Wrath and out-split him late. |
Nautilus wins early: his passive Staggering Blow roots, Dredge Line pulls you in, and Titan's Wrath shields his trades, so a single hook on a squishy Yi can mean death — hug the wave and don't get greedy.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Master Yi's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Master Yi vs Nautilus report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Nobody on paper — a 49.93% win rate over 765 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Master Yi vs Nautilus is a genuine skill matchup: 49.93% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Master Yi vs Nautilus win rate is 49.93%, an even lane decided by execution.
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